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Q159896: WD97: How to Control the Tabbing Order in a Form

Article: Q159896
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbmacro kbualink97 kbusage kbwordvba word97kbfaq
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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By default, when you fill in an online form, Word positions the insertion point
in the first form field and moves from one field to the next in a left-to-right,
top-to-bottom order when you press TAB. To change the default tabbing order, use
the procedure described in the "More Information" section of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can use one of the following methods as a workaround.

Method 1: Create a single exit macro for all Form fields
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Create a macro similar to the following example. For each form field, specify
this macro as the exit macro for Form field in your document. In the Select Case
statement, list each Form field for which you want to change the tabbing order.

Note: Each Case statement below should be in all lower case.

     Sub TabOrder()
        Dim sTabTo As String
        Dim dlgForm As Dialog
        Set dlgForm = Dialogs(wdDialogFormFieldOptions)
        Select Case LCase(dlgForm.Name)
           Case "cc"
              sTabTo = "header"
           Case "header"
              sTabTo = "to"
           Case "to"
              sTabTo = "from"
           Case "from"
              sTabTo = "memo"
           Case "memo"
              sTabTo = "subject"
           Case "subject"
              sTabTo = "cc"
           Case Else
        End Select
        ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(sTabTo).Select
     End Sub

Method 2: Create a separate macro for each form field
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Each macro contains a Selection.GoTo statement that moves the insertion point to
the desired Form field.

TIP: To easily identify each macro, give the macro a name that describes its
functionality. For example, use the name "GoToSubject" (without the quotation
marks) for the Exit macro that moves the insertion point to the Subject Form
field.

The following sample exit macro, named "GoToSubject," moves from the current Form
field to the Subject Form field:

     Sub GoToSubject()
        Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Subject"
     End Sub

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q120447 How to Control the Tabbing Order in a Form

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


REFERENCES
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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe tabs tabbed

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Keywords          : kbmacro kbualink97 kbusage kbwordvba word97 kbfaq
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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